Letter: Obama squanders global credibility

It is impossible for the most pro-Obama supporter to deny that his foreign policy is in shambles, and that under President Barack Obama's "leadership" the U.S. government's word is meaningless in the eyes of our sworn enemies and our allies. More important, the world is a much more dangerous place.

The grand Obama foreign policy vision of "resetting" our relations with Russia is a disaster. He threw Egypt's Hosni Mubarak under the bus for the Muslim Brotherhood, which ended up with Egypt in the Russian camp. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made the United States' word in the E.U./Russia/U.S./Ukraine treaty that guaranteed Ukraine's sovereignty worthless (in exchange for Ukraine destroying their nuclear capability).

NATO is crumbling under the weight of the pressure Russia is putting on the Baltic states, and Obama thinks Israel should negotiate a peace treaty with a U.S.-backed puppet "Palestinian leader" who is not even elected by his own people in the West Bank, much less Gaza or the diaspora — and that Israel should accept Obama's security guarantees.

The U.S. is fatigued from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but whether we like it or not, we have a responsibility to maintain the global leadership role Obama has publicly surrendered to the forces that are now causing havoc. We don't have to be the policeman for the world, but we can provide unwavering financial, logistical and military support to our allies on the front lines.

While there is much to critique about his domestic policies, the gaping void of global leadership under his tutelage will have negative consequences for the U.S. and our allies, if we have any left, for the next 100 years.